Exciting day! We have put first litter of black Tamworth piglets on the ground! This is a cross between the large black and the Tamworth. She had 12 healthy piglets, and all seem to be doing fine.
Unfortunately.... A couple of the young boars in the community pasture decided to be a tad overly eager and started chasing the new mom trying to make already. In her efforts to fight them off, a couple of the piglets got stepped on! So we quickly ran in to seperate the bunch. It took a bit of convincing (read farmer vs pig fight) They were determined!
After getting the boys away, we stationed a guard, Josh. He got a quick lesson in pig control, a chair, and guard duty. Levi decided to pull up outside the pasture supervising. Today we will provide a quiet post for her to raise these babies without being bothered, and it's time to process some boars! But for the moment, Josh stands guard.
UPDATE: Good news.. all 12 babies made it through the risky first day and are nursing quietly with their mom in a shelter.
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